San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff talk with reporters in May 2018. Nirenberg and Wolff started a daily briefing to update the public on the coronavirus pandemic..

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff talk with reporters in May 2018. Nirenberg and Wolff started a daily briefing to update the public on the coronavirus pandemic..

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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff talk with reporters in May 2018. Nirenberg and Wolff started a daily briefing to update the public on the coronavirus pandemic..

San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg, left, and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff talk with reporters in May 2018. Nirenberg and Wolff started a daily briefing to update the public on the coronavirus pandemic..

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Increase attributed to jail population: The San Antonio area saw another hefty increase in new COVID-19 cases Friday, pushing the total to 1,477 — 103 new cases, considerably higher than has been reported in recent weeks.

But County Judge Nelson Wolff noted the increase was due primarily to increased testing at the Bexar County jail, where an outbreak has been sweeping through the inmates and staff.

“Out of those (103 new cases), 91 were at the jail,” Wolff said. “There were only 12 out in the community — 12 is the lowest number since we’ve started, That’s a positive sign.”

Wolff said the majority of the inmates testing positive are asymptomatic but are being separated from the rest of the jailed population anyway in efforts to reduce the spread of the virus.